Good for him.
Republicans blocked lots of Obama nominees.
Trump lied about the Moscow Trump Tower
We now know he signed a letter of intent for it. Liar!
Rudy Giuliani lied about it too. Why lie? What are they hiding?
Jun. 16, 2015
Trump launches presidential campaign.Oct. 28, 2015
Date of Trump's signed letter of intent for Trump Tower Moscow.Jun. 9, 2016
Jared Kushner, Don Jr., Paul Manafort meet Russian lawyer at Trump Tower NYC.Jul. 27, 2016
Trump: "I have nothing to do with Russia." https://t.co/CTxgTrgxJY— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) December 19, 2018
“A newly obtained document shows President Donald Trump signed a letter of intent to move forward with negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Russia, despite his attorney Rudy Giuliani claiming on Sunday the document was never signed.” https://t.co/UdEf1vfqGQ
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) December 19, 2018
As @ChrisCuomo aptly points out, Giuliani's role in publicly weaving lies about the facts in the Russia case is not a legal strategy, it is a public relations strategy. Exhibit A: https://t.co/LPCmb9gEfs
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) December 19, 2018
Appears @RudyGiuliani lied, again.
Also, if the attempted penthouse gift to Putin at Trump Tower Moscow is true, then @realDonaldTrump or his company may have violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a felony. FCPA prevents bribery or attempted bribery of foreign officials. https://t.co/iHK7F6EMwk
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 19, 2018
CNN: Trump signed letter of intent to move forward on Trump Tower in Russia in 2015
https://t.co/csAK6bgYg5— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 19, 2018
* Quid: Trump Tower Moscow
* Quo: "The Special Counsel’s Office is preparing court filings that are expected to detail Trump associates’ conversations about sanctions relief." https://t.co/VB2zWJvcyo via @thedailybeast— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) December 19, 2018
Rudy on Sunday: "It was a real estate project. There was a letter of intent to go forward, but no one signed it.” Turns out that Trump did sign the October 2015 letter for the Trump Tower Moscow project, according to a copy of it https://t.co/g9JBo7hF6E
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) December 19, 2018
Giuliani told @DanaBashCNN two days ago that for Trump Tower Moscow, "there was a letter of intent to go forward, but no one signed it." False. Don Jr. already told Congress his dad signed the deal. And today, @ChrisCuomo obtained the signed letter itself. https://t.co/YY2dcBMIgH pic.twitter.com/hScKgXAQ86
— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) December 19, 2018
North Carolina Congressional district #9 coverage from North Carolina
This is a link to great local coverage of the election fraud.
I am proud of the work my @wsoctv team and I are producing related to #NC09. We will not stop investigating these claims of election fraud or be intimidated. Here is a link to all of our past coverage:https://t.co/uZ0YVygsem
— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) December 19, 2018
Here is other coverage of North Carolina:
This is a remarkable story: As evidence of election fraud mounts, Republicans in North Carolina now pushing not only for new general election but also for new primary to remove the GOP candidate who appears to have benefited from the fraud via @CNNPolitics https://t.co/ORPNAVXrXo
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) December 12, 2018
This dude almost certainly committed election fraud on a massive scale and the headline probably ought to emphasize that rather than trying to be cute. https://t.co/B5raieNHle
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) December 15, 2018
Some really good reporting here by @AmyEGardner and @bethreinhard on the tangled web in N.C. election-fraud investigation. https://t.co/XDq7lzKbA0
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) December 15, 2018
After years of railing against supposed voting fraud, Republicans have fallen silent or actively attacked a probe that threatens one of their own. https://t.co/4XHlPAMxVx
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 9, 2018
It is election fraud, not voter fraud. Voters didn’t do anything wrong.
Republicans need to stop looking for excuses to blame voters for everything. https://t.co/5tVMU5GWuq
— Abe Rakov (@aberakov) December 10, 2018
Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a bill that would require photographic identification to vote in North Carolina. https://t.co/UdTlEvvhxI
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) December 15, 2018
Stop enabling liars
I can’t listen to Trump, Conway, or Sanders. I am glad they invented the mute button.
In a world awash in disinformation, there’s no ‘both sides’ to the truth. The media must stop enabling liars. My column https://t.co/GoB3WeYybf
— Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) December 17, 2018
Trump helps Russia and Turkey in Syria
Who is he working for? Even Republicans think this is a bad move. Trump is bribing Turkey to keep quiet about the Khashoggi murder plus they bought weapons from the US.
Trump claims ISIS has been totally defeated in Syria but this is not true.
New statement from @PressSec confirms that the US is withdrawing troops from Syria and reiterates Trump's claim that "the United States has defeated the territorial caliphate" pic.twitter.com/zuwiQdw5ds
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) December 19, 2018
If this actually happens, it’s a stunning development both procedurally and substantively.
There’s lots of room for reasonable debate about what role—if any—the US military should be playing in Syria. But a knee-jerk, unplanned, across-the-board withdrawal seems … unwise. https://t.co/tO2N2qeZGf
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) December 19, 2018
Here is the full Reuters quote:
The decision came after a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan on Friday. “Everything that has followed is implementing the agreement that was made in that call,” the official said.
— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) December 19, 2018
MORE: All U.S. State Department personnel are being evacuated from Syria within 24 hours – official pic.twitter.com/XOnbuEzarZ
— Reuters Politics (@ReutersPolitics) December 19, 2018
Syria pullout + Patriots + plus promise to look again at Gulen extradition; Erdogan got an awful lot from Trump. In exchange for what? I expect we won't be hearing much more from Turkey about the Khashoggi murder. https://t.co/zRpPJeqhhU
— Jackson Diehl (@JacksonDiehl) December 19, 2018
Isn't one likely explanation of the Trump Syria announcement that it's part of the price paid to Ankara to go easy on the Saudi crown prince? The 2000 US personnel are deployed with Syrian Kurds- a big irritant to Ankara. Syrian Kurds now weakened https://t.co/Goap3G2jTJ
— David Frum (@davidfrum) December 19, 2018
Three separate reports including by the Pentagon Inspector General, by the United Nations and by @CSIS have estimated that ISIS still has between 20,000 and 30,000 fighters just in Iraq and Syria, but sure, let’s call the group “defeated.” #DejaVu https://t.co/6hDb4ilUIR
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) December 19, 2018
Marco Rubio railed on the president’s decision to pull out of Syria, saying whoever advised him has done a “great disservice” to the country. He said to us that Trump has put the US at risk by his decision – and it will make the world view America as an unreliable partner.
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) December 19, 2018
Trump ally Lindsey Graham calls a withdrawal from Syria “an Obama-like mistake,” arguing that it will "be seen by Iran and other bad actors as a sign of American weakness in the efforts to contain Iranian expansion."
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) December 19, 2018
Responding to this, a Pentagon official asks me: “so when does Russia announce their victory?” https://t.co/1kWL3XH9oT
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) December 19, 2018
We have not defeated ISIS in Syria or Iraq. We have, however, left Raqqa and Mosul in ruins, filled with dead bodies and unexploded ordnance, and cut recovery aid. There is every reason to expect the group’s resurgence. https://t.co/GwRoksaESh https://t.co/bZPKc2g71e
— Ben Taub (@bentaub91) December 19, 2018
#Syria & US racing developments:
• Trump ready to withdraw ~ 2000 US troops: WSJ , CNN , Reuters
• Move coordinated with Erdogan: US military disagrees, State sidelined
• Pence to the Pentagon
• Trump called Erdogan Friday
• Allies informed— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) December 19, 2018
There is no strategic logic behind what the President just did in Syria, unless the strategy is changing the news cycle and trying to rally the base in anticipation of worse news to come.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) December 19, 2018
Nice to know everyone in the Trump administration is on the same page regarding Syria policy https://t.co/Fmf7ufENOu
— John Hudson (@John_Hudson) December 19, 2018
“But one Defense Department official suggested that Mr. Trump also wants to divert attention away from the series of legal challenges confronting him over the recent days: the Russian investigation run by the special counsel…” https://t.co/fGWsPVUbLm
— Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) December 19, 2018
The president has now dismissed or undermined US intelligence assessments on:
– Russian interference in the election
-Saudi Crown Prince direction of Khashoggi murder
– North Korea’s continued missile and nuclear activity
– ISIS’s continued presence in Syria— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) December 19, 2018
Tucker Carlson has lost some advertisers after his disgusting remarks about immigrants
Tucker Carlson's Fox News show has reportedly been hemorrhaging advertisers since he said that immigration makes the U.S. "poorer and dirtier and more divided," The Daily Beast reports. https://t.co/cURgX6j3EG
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 29, 2018
A message from Pacific Life: pic.twitter.com/bDq9hzia53
— Pacific Life (@pacificlife) December 14, 2018
Carlson has the right to demonize migrants – and advertisers have the right to not want to associate their products with his poison. He will be fine financially – big money in hate these days. He beats Hannity sometimes thanks to his ratcheting up the rancor https://t.co/HUzBpL2qjU
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) December 18, 2018
"We’re not intimidated": Tucker Carlson doubles down on claims that immigrants make U.S. "dirtier" https://t.co/w7m6PDhlaL
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 18, 2018
After saying that immigrants are making the country “dirtier"—and after losing advertisers—Tucker Carlson doubles down on his comments: “The truth is unregulated mass immigration has badly hurt this country's natural landscape.” https://t.co/8YrfuVIzFz
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 18, 2018
And people ask me why I’m mad all the time. Please spare me the “this is not America” BS. As bigot Tucker Carlson rages against immigrants, and the President’s bigotry is constantly in view—there are real people injured by this hateful rhetoric. https://t.co/Xd8TwsTUZf
— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) December 18, 2018
Businesses boycotting Tucker Carlson, according to HuffPost:
Pacific Life
Bowflex
Indeed
Minted
NerdWallet
SmileDirectClub
Voya Financial
Ancestry
Land Rover
Zenni Optical
IHOP
Just for Menhttps://t.co/QNKFAzo2z1— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 18, 2018
Eight companies have announced they will either pull or suspend their advertising from Tucker Carlson's Fox News show over comments about immigration he made last week https://t.co/iycuQzMEHx pic.twitter.com/wSZ5EYUnwy
— CNN (@CNN) December 18, 2018
Dear Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson): I'm an immigrant. Irish Spring soap cleans my skin the same way it cleans your skin. My parents were poor. They worked hard and started a successful business. Now their son is in Congress.
So take your hatred of immigrants and shove it. https://t.co/I2cOv4nlLi
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 18, 2018
Fox News has a new, frothy statement defying the advertiser pullout from Tucker Carlson's program: https://t.co/3BctPU92SR
— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) December 18, 2018
He's trying to narrow his advertising base down to catheters, reverse mortgages, and Trumpy Bear. https://t.co/VB7Y5uYybK
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 18, 2018
More on the Senate reports on Russia’s efforts to help Trump
Russia targeted African-American voters so they wouldn’t vote for Clinton.
Breaking News: The 2016 Russian influence operation targeted African-Americans and tried to limit Democratic voting, according to a report for the Senate https://t.co/tPz1EpdWK2
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 17, 2018
Understand what this means: Black voters are now the only segment of the American electorate that must fight against voter suppression efforts by state & local govts w/i our country & against voter suppression efforts organized by foreign govts. https://t.co/7tt39waYsJ
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) December 17, 2018
Russia’s pro-Trump disinformation campaign used every major social media platform. https://t.co/umte6moKRV
— Slate (@Slate) December 17, 2018
I wrote about the (very long) history of Russia's use of American racial tensions to further its own geopolitical goals. https://t.co/1K4BAOt6kT
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) December 17, 2018
This is the kind of straight talk we need, @brianstelter. Trump's activity paints a consistent picture: He cheated to win the election and deceived the American people along the way, all while our leading foreign adversary helped him and tried to do business with him. https://t.co/cATBm7P7n1
— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) December 17, 2018
From the Editorial Board:
Russia’s support for Trump’s election is no longer disputable. All Americans should find this foreign intervention absolutely intolerable. https://t.co/3NQ9LZKmn6
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) December 18, 2018
Good riddance to the phony Trump Foundation
Trump used it like a piggy bank.
It’s another Trump Crime Family scam like Trump University.
This is an important victory for the rule of law. There is one set of rules for everyone.
We’ll continue to move our suit forward to ensure that the Trump Foundation and its directors are held accountable for their clear and repeated violations of state and federal law.
— NY AG Underwood (@NewYorkStateAG) December 18, 2018
Shut down due to illegal activity:
1. Trump University
2. Trump FoundationUnder criminal investigation:
1. Trump campaign
2. Trump transition
3. Trump inauguration
4. Trump administration
5. Trump Organization— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) December 18, 2018
The breakdown of current values, according to Trump Fdn docs:
–Tim Tebow-signed helmet, valued at $475.
–4-foot-tall portrait of @realDonaldTrump, valued at $500.
–6-foot-tall portrait of Trump, valued at….$0. https://t.co/2ESDr60Rwk— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) December 18, 2018
BREAKING: @realDonaldTrump agrees to shut down his troubled charity, and give its money away to charities approved by a judge.
The NY AG's lawsuit against Trump & his kids will continue.https://t.co/sq2pSaPEUF— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) December 18, 2018
The State of New York has determined that the Trump family cannot be trusted to fulfill their basic fiduciary duties as stewards of charitable funds.
We’ve entrusted the entire well-being of the United States to these same people. https://t.co/5KfGNY0kGn
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) December 18, 2018
Reminder: The Trump Foundation’s largest gift — $264,631 — was used to renovate a fountain outside Trump’s Plaza Hotel https://t.co/ylSfDPAmpD https://t.co/SFvKT8sb2n
— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) December 18, 2018
Fahrenthold is the expert on Trump Foundation contributions and expenses. He has done a great job for years.
Another mystery we still haven't solved! I don't know where the missing Tim Tebow helmet is. @realDonaldTrump bought it with $12,000 in charity money, at the height of Tebow's career w/the Broncos. https://t.co/racBGO0CTG
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) December 18, 2018
AMA! I'll be live talking about the Trump Foundation (and the Trump Organization) at 1 p.m. Eastern time tomorrow. Find it here: https://t.co/swsHqXKyB7 pic.twitter.com/5LXXE9WM3k
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) December 18, 2018
UPDATE: NY AG says that @realDonaldTrump's Fdn will have to sell off its 3 physical possessions, including a Tim Tebow-signed helmet, and 2 paintings of Trump himself.
Trump paid $42K for them, using foundation $.
Now says they're worth $975 combined.https://t.co/eL3sirHwYS— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) December 18, 2018
The motives of many Trump Fdn donors are still a mystery. Of those we know, lots were Trump appearance fees that were paid to the foundation instead of directly to Trump. It was win-win: Trump avoided income tax on the $$ and the "donor" got a deduction. https://t.co/Mml4jN8gS3
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) December 18, 2018
We’ve had to repeatedly file complaints against the Trump Foundation for violating the law. https://t.co/PjHAlNTysQ
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) December 18, 2018
“Trump Foundation to close under judicial supervision amid a lawsuit pointing to self-dealing for political gain in a shocking pattern of illegality that was willful and repeated.” Imagine Republicans if this headline was about Obama. I mean, Armageddon. https://t.co/BA4qwla7nW
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) December 18, 2018
After all the baseless attacks on the Clinton Foundation, it turned out that the actually illegal foundation was Trump’s. Who could’ve predicted that? Everyone!!!
— Touré (@Toure) December 18, 2018
The Trump Foundation was essential Trumpism: one for all and all for me https://t.co/2EY4StkiGv pic.twitter.com/JPICCCK1IW
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) December 18, 2018
Interesting coincidence that Bondi is at the White House the same day the Trump Foundation moves to dissolve. A $25,000 payment to Bondi from the Foundation is among the alleged acts of wrongdoing. https://t.co/vYK2pe21p6
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 18, 2018
The NY AG found unlawful coordination between the Trump Foundation and Trump campaign.
SDNY found Individual 1 directed unlawful coordination of hush money payments.
We must continue to investigate whether the campaign’s unlawful coordination extended to the Russians. https://t.co/DgXSkZeU17
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) December 18, 2018
This isn’t voluntary. It’s Trump shutting down foundation because it is squarely in the dangerous crosshairs of NY Atty General investigation.
It’s like Michael Cohen’s plea in that sense — coming forward at the end, reluctantly, because caught red handed https://t.co/adY2kU3b4a
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) December 18, 2018
Lock him up!
Flynn is a liar.
He was not ambushed by the FBI.
Judge Sullivan disagrees. https://t.co/aUxq8GeV2B
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) December 18, 2018
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s sentencing is on hold after a dramatic rebuke from the judge, who stressed that prison time was not off the table — even though that’s what Flynn’s lawyers and Mueller's team agreed to in sentencing memos. https://t.co/9xlgIEX5kl pic.twitter.com/4nVmkz81yX
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) December 18, 2018
A federal judge blasted Michael Flynn for lying to the FBI and questioned whether Robert Mueller’s prosecutors could have tried him for treasonhttps://t.co/2Mpi362GKz
— POLITICO (@politico) December 18, 2018
"[Flynn's] lawyers tried a sentencing strategy and it misfired really badly." – @JoyceWhiteVance w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/w0xaRzj62O
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) December 18, 2018
New: Flynn's lawyers appear to have badly miscalculated in shifting at least part of the blame for Flynn's lies to the FBI—that is, unless they were playing for a pardon. “Maybe, on some level, this was an appeal to Trump and his base," says @Mimirocah1 https://t.co/EVN4oVcYKp
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) December 18, 2018
SULLIVAN WARNS FLYNN OF A PRISON SENTENCE:
"You were an unregistered agent of a foreign country while serving as the National Security Adviser to the president!
"Arguably, this undermines everything this flag over here stands for! Arguably, you sold your country out!"
— Steven Portnoy (@stevenportnoy) December 18, 2018
Shorter Judge Sullivan: What’s all this BS on Fox News about you being trapped? Flynn: Nevermind.
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) December 18, 2018
What I don't understand is *why* Flynn's team tried to falsely suggest wrongdoing where none existed. They had to know that deception was going nowhere with the judge. Perhaps Flynn wanted to set up his post-conviction speaking tour or political career. https://t.co/GtOJiTGz0Q
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) December 18, 2018
Judge Emmett Sullivan said he would not hide his “disdain” and “disgust” of Flynn’s crimes and criticized the former national security adviser’s lawyer’s attempts to construe that the FBI had engaged in entrapment, writes @natashabertrand. https://t.co/1tfC263thu
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) December 18, 2018
And I would add that hearsay is not allowed in court so the FBI needs witnesses to testify to relevant facts, because agents cannot. So even if they know the answer, they still need to admit the answer in court. https://t.co/ATXiDp7v0Y
— Daniel Goldman (@danielsgoldman) December 18, 2018
A remarkable turn within days: from Flynn lawyers claiming entrapment, to Flynn and lawyers admitting he repeatedly & willfully lied, to lawyers clearly concerned he may be facing jail time and asking for delay.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) December 18, 2018
Why does anyone listen to Sarah Sanders?
Her boss lies.
She lies to promote his lies. Her rare press briefings are worthless. Today, she took the side of a criminal instead of the side of law enforcement.
“No,” Sarah Sanders says when asked if she would amend her statement that Flynn was “ambushed” by the FBI, even though Flynn and his attorneys said in court today he was not entrapped in his interview when he lied to the FBI and was aware he lied
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) December 18, 2018
"The FBI broke standard protocol in the way that they came in and ambushed General Flynn," @PressSec says after Flynn admitted today in court that he lied to FBI under oath.
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) December 18, 2018
It is so damn galling to hear the WH press secretary attacking the FBI for doing its job and catching a criminal in the act rather than being mad at the criminal who lied not just to the FBI, but supposedly also to people in the WH.
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) December 18, 2018
Sarah Sanders said it's "perfectly acceptable" for the president to make positive comments about someone who has admitted to lying to agents of his own government and who worked, unregistered, on behalf of another government during his campaign.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) December 18, 2018
Sarah Huckaby Sanders saying the FBI “ambushed” Mike Flynn is the most pathetic, disingenuous thing I’ve heard her say, and that takes in an awful lot.
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) December 18, 2018
Sanders said today the WH is not looking for the taxpayers to pay for the wall while at the same time said the WH is looking to other agencies to find wall funding. Is @presssec aware that agencies of the federal government are funded by taxpayers?
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) December 18, 2018
The catch-22: Sarah Sanders/White House says they need a government bill to consider signing and are disappointed they don't have one. Senate and House folks say they aren't sure what the president will support.
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) December 18, 2018
"The president has been clear that the USMCA deal would provide additional revenue through that deal that would show that Mexico is paying for the wall," Sarah Sanders tells ABC News' @TerryMoran when asked if American taxpayers will pay for the wall https://t.co/Pqd36RbV0f pic.twitter.com/OnBlTZCp8W
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) December 18, 2018
